Durban panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 15:55 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 04:49 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam 08:19 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 16:01
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:49 to 04:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:30 – 04:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 06:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 11:52
- Karana Bava until 08:19, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:52 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 04:49 – 06:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:19 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 16:01
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 06:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:20 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:34 – 08:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:19 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Char | 10:04 – 11:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:49 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:49 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:04 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 04:50 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:49 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:49 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:23 Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:41 Aries
- 16:41 – 19:00 Taurus
- 19:00 – 21:04 Gemini
- 21:04 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method